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      Ryan Giggs jury retired to consider verdicts after being told ‘this is not a court of morals’

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      THE jury in womaniser Ryan Giggs’ assault trial retired yesterday to consider its verdicts after being told: “This is not a court of morals.”Judge Hilary Manley said the Manchester United legend had been “serially unfaithful” — but was not in the dock for cheating on his ex.
      The judge in Ryan Giggs’ assault trial said he had been ‘serially unfaithful’ but was not in the dock for cheating on his exCredit: Ryan Jenkinson/ Story Picture Agency
      Judge Hilary Manley told the jury: ‘This is not a court of morals’Credit: BackGrid
      Giggs, 48, is accused of assaulting Kate Greville, 38, in a drunken row when she found out he slept with up to 12 women behind her back.
      The attack is alleged to have occurred at his £1.7million home in Worsley, Gtr Manchester, in November 2020.
      Giggs is said to have assaulted Kate’s sister Emma, 26, at the same time.
      The former Wales player and manager is also accused of having exerted a coercive control over PR executive Kate’s life for more than three years.
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      She told police he rang her up to 50 times in an hour during one of many dodgy spells during their relationship, the court heard.
      She said that when she blocked Giggs on her phone and social media, he would ring her from his son and daughter’s phones and from unknown numbers.
      Summing up yesterday, Judge Manley asked: “Was this, as the defence suggest, a relationship which had its ups and downs — albeit with many more ups than downs — which ultimately veered off the rails only because of the complainant’s inability to accept Ryan Giggs’ serial womanising?
      “And has Kate Greville exacted her revenge for that womanising by twisting and exaggerating their routine arguments to a portrait of control, violence and abuse?
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      “Or was the relationship much darker and sinister in which a man exacted and exploited his power over a vulnerable woman — and when he realised that power was not working, he lost his self-control and physically attacked his partner and her sister?
      “The defence have pointed out to you, Ryan Giggs is not on trial for being unfaithful in his relationships.”
      She added: “This is not a court of morals.”
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      Giggs denies controlling and coercive behaviour.
      He also denies assaulting Kate and sister Emma. More

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      Tyson Fury: Liam O’Prey, 21, charged with murder after heavyweight boxing champ’s cousin Rico Burton stabbed to death

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      A MAN was today charged with the murder of Tyson Fury’s cousin after the 31-year-old was knife to death outside a bar. Rico Burton died over the weekend – with Liam O’Prey, 21, today charged with the 3am “bloodbath” in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
      Tyson Fury’s cousin Rico Burton was stabbed to death on Sunday morning
      Police on the scene in Goose Green in Altrincham, Greater ManchesterCredit: PA
      Boxing champ Tyson Fury has called for action against knife crimeCredit: Getty
      Emergency services rushed to the scene in Goose Green and Rico was taken to hospital, but he died a short time later.
      A 17-year-old man, believed to be a relative, remains in hospital with serious injuries.
      Police arrested a man, 21, at the scene before detaining a second, 20, later that morning.
      O’Prey, of no fixed abode, has since been charged with murder.
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      He has been remanded in custody and will appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
      The second man has been released on bail pending ongoing enquiries, Greater Manchester Police said.
      Superintendent Ben Ewart described the attack as “spontaneous and unplanned”.
      He added: “This is without doubt a senseless attack and both victims should have returned home after enjoying a night out with friends.”
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      In a social media post on Sunday, Fury called on the government to “bring higher sentencing for knife crime” after his cousin was “stabbed in the neck”.
      The heavyweight boxing champion wrote on Instagram: “My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck.
      “This is becoming ridiculous… idiots carry knives. This needs to stop.”
      He added: “ASAP, UK government needs to bring higher sentencing for knife crime.
      “It’s a pandemic and you don’t know how bad it is until one of your own.
      “Life is very precious and it can be taken away very quick. Enjoy every moment.”
      Steve Egan, 60, chief coach at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy where Rico trained, said he was “devastated” by the news.
      He described him as a “lovely lad” and a “fantastic boxer”, adding: “We are all devastated.”
      Rico’s death comes amid a wave of knife and gun violence across the UK.
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      Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “Knife crime is destroying lives and devastating families.
      “This is yet another horrific killing on Britain’s streets. It is becoming a national crisis and we need urgent action before more lives are lost.”
      Flowers at the scene in Railway Street in the Goose Green areaCredit: PA
      Police were called to reports of two men suffering stab woundsCredit: ASP
      Rico Burton died after suffering a stab wound to the neckCredit: PA More

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      Benjamin Mendy grabbed woman between her legs and asked ‘why are you angry?’, court hears

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      BENJAMIN Mendy grabbed a woman between her legs then asked her “why are you angry?”, a court heard today. The Manchester City left-back is accused of sexually assaulting the alleged victim at a pool party at his mansion in January 2021.
      Benjamin Mendy arriving at Chester Crown Court where he is charged with rape and sexual assaultCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
      The Manchester City footballer denies all chargesCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
      Mendy is said to have forcefully touched the woman without speaking to her beforehand or saying anything as he did it.
      In a police interview, shown to Chester Crown Court today, the woman claims the former French international questioned why she was annoyed then told her: “You look better when you smile.”
      She told a detective: “I was just shocked. I was just taken aback by it.
      “I was just shocked in realising what happened.”
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      Mendy is facing eight counts of rape, one of attempted rape and another of sexual assault against seven women.
      He denies all charges.
      Jurors heard the alleged offences took place on five different occasions at his home in Cheshire between October 2018 and August last year.
      The woman told cops she was partying at Mendy’s multimillion pound Cheshire home on New Year’s Day when he carried out the alleged assault.
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      She said she didn’t know the footballer beforehand, but was with a friend who did, and at first they were “having a good time”.
      But the woman described going up to a kitchen island at around 3am to get some food when she was approached by Mendy.
      “I was just going to see what there was and that’s when he grabbed my vagina up my skirt,” she said.
      “It wasn’t brief. It was like he was really trying to grab me.”
      She said she continued drinking and kept her distance, but he later came “right up close” to her face told her she looked better when she smiled.
      “I just thought, ‘right okay, well I’m not going to smile’,” she said.
      “He said, ‘why are you angry?’ and I said, ‘you know exactly why I’m angry’.
      “He then said, ‘why?’ and I said, ‘because of how you touched me’.
      “That’s when he was apologising. He said he’s really sorry and he swears to god he didn’t mean to make me uncomfortable.”
      ‘I WAS SHOCKED’
      The woman said at this point she walked away and she and her friends left the house at around 11am.
      The court previously heard how Mendy allegedly asked police “how many stories like this do you have?” as he was arrested for rape.
      According to an officer who went to the footballer’s house following an alleged attack in his “locked” bedroom during a party in October 2020, Mendy was “calm”.
      In a statement, read out in court today, the cop said he asked player if he understood what was happening when he cautioned him.
      Mendy allegedly responded: “I understand what you are doing, your job and stuff, but how many stories like this do you have?”
      Jurors heard evidence from a woman who claims she was raped three times by Mendy in his “locked bedroom” during a party.
      She said she repeatedly told the sportsman she did not want to have sex with him, but he said: “Well the door’s locked anyway”, and told her to strip down to her underwear.
      The woman claims that after he had finished, he said: “It’s fine, I have had sex with 10,000 women”, before adding: “It’s a privilege.”
      The court heard the alleged victim attended a rape crisis centre the following day and reported the incident to police several weeks later.
      Mendy was then arrested at his “isolated” home – which has a “panic room”-style locks on some of the doors – on November 11.
      His friend and “fixer” Louis Saha Matturie, 41, who allegedly helped find young women for Mendy and was present at parties where some claim they were raped, is also on trial.
      Saha, of Eccles, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault against seven different women – two of whom Mendy is also accused of raping.
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      Prosecutor Timothy Cray QC said Mendy will argue the women “consented to sex willingly and often enthusiastically” but he is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”.
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      Ryan Giggs has ‘two sides’ of his personality and it’s ‘time for him to pay the price’, prosecutors claim

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      FOOTIE legend Ryan Giggs has two “very different” sides to his personality and it is “time for him to pay the price”, a court heard.The ex-Man United ace, 48, is said to have used “physical domination” as his “ultimate trump card” when he allegedly attacked partner Kate Greville, 38.
      Ryan Giggs has two ‘very different’ sides to his personality and it is ‘time for him to pay the price’, a court heardCredit: PP.
      He is said to have used ‘physical domination’ as his ‘ultimate trump card’ when he allegedly attacked partner Kate Greville, 38Credit: Refer to Caption
      Jurors heard the couple exchanged 19,671 messages during their six-year relationship.
      Prosecutor Peter Wright QC said yesterday that when Giggs was “riled”, he responded with “hate-filled outbursts of bile”.
      He added that these were sent to “the very same woman moments earlier he had professed to love and care for”.
      During his closing statement at Manchester crown court, Mr Wright said there were “two very different Ryan Giggs”.
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      He added: “The one who is exposed for public consumption and the one who exists on occasion behind closed doors.”
      He said Giggs thought he could “get away with it” — but a 999 call made by Kate’s sister Emma, 26, in November 2020 from his home in Worsley, Gtr Manchester, was a “microcosm of the entire case”.
      He added: “The truth has caught up with him and now it’s his time to pay the price.”
      Chris Daw QC, for Giggs, said the case was about infidelity and Kate was a “scorned” woman “furious” about his inability to remain faithful.
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      Giggs denies charges of coercive control and ABH.
      The case continues. More

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      Benjamin Mendy accuser ‘looked like she’d seen a ghost’ after ‘being raped three times’

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      A WOMAN who claims she was raped three times by footballer Benjamin Mendy “looked like she’d seen a ghost” minutes later, a court heard.A friend who drove her to the Man City player’s mansion for a 2020 party said the woman later tried to “brush off” the alleged attacks in a locked room.
      A woman who was allegedly raped three times by Man City footballer Benjamin Mendy ‘looked like she’d seen a ghost’ minutes later, a court heardCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
      The witness told a jury yesterday that four girls went to his home from a bar in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
      They had to hand over their phones.
      She saw her friend on a landing.
      The witness said: “She looked like she’d seen a ghost.

      “She looked blank and scared.”
      Mendy, 28, and Louis Saha Matturie, 41, of Eccles, Gtr Manchester, deny eight counts of rape.
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      Tyson Fury’s cousin Rico Burton stabbed to death ‘after trying to act as peacemaker as group rowed over pub entry’

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      TYSON Fury’s cousin was acting as a peacemaker during a pub entry row before he was stabbed to death, a friend has claimed. Rico Burton died in a 3am “bloodbath” outside a bar in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, on Sunday.
      Tyson Fury’s cousin Rico Burton died on Sunday morningCredit: SUPPLIED
      The heavyweight boxing champion called on the government to do more to tackle knife crimeCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Police on the scene after the fatal stabbing in Altrincham, Greater ManchesterCredit: ASP
      The 31-year-old, a former junior boxer himself, is understood to have been out watching Anthony Joshua take on Oleksandr Usyk with friends before he was fatally attacked.
      Horrified revellers watched as a knife was plunged into his neck in the “senseless” and “unplanned” killing.
      Violence is said to have broken out as a separate group argued over gaining entry to a pub.
      According to pal and former coach Shaun Egan, Rico stepped in to break things up but the men turned on him.
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      Shaun, who coached Tyson’s cousin alongside his brother Steve at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy in Manchester, told MailOnline: “From what I’ve heard it was just a bit of a scuffle.
      “Some other guys were trying to get into a club and they wouldn’t let them in.
      “The argument wasn’t with Rico, he was trying to calm it down.
      “It was settled, then suddenly the guy stabbed them. It is unbelievable, so senseless.”
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      A witness added: “A few men were arguing outside and then suddenly two men were on the ground.
      “It all happened so fast but no one knows what caused the fight.”
      Emergency services rushed to the scene in Goose Green and Rico was taken to hospital, but he died a short time later.
      A 17-year-old lad, believed to be a relative, remains in hospital with serious injuries.
      Police arrested a man, 21, at the scene on suspicion of murder before detaining a second, 20, later that morning on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and murder.
      Greater Manchester Police Superintendent Ben Ewart described the attack as “spontaneous and unplanned”.
      He added: “This is without doubt a senseless attack and both victims should have returned home after enjoying a night out with friends.”
      ‘LOVELY LAD’
      Tributes have flooded in for Rico, who friends describe as “a lovely lad” and “fantastic boxer”.
      Steve Egan, 60, chief coach at Jimmy Egan’s Boxing Academy, said he was “devastated” by the news.
      “He was an absolute talent,” he added. “He was such a nice lad, he was hardworking and had a great sense of humour.”
      And in a social media post on Sunday, Tyson called on the government to “bring higher sentencing for knife crime” after his cousin was “stabbed in the neck”.
      The heavyweight boxing champion wrote on Instagram: “My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck.
      “This is becoming ridiculous… idiots carry knives. This needs to stop.”
      He added: “ASAP, UK government needs to bring higher sentencing for knife crime.
      “It’s a pandemic and you don’t know how bad it is until one of your own.
      “Life is very precious and it can be taken away very quick. Enjoy every moment.”
      Rico’s death comes amid a wave of knife and gun violence across the UK.
      At least 11 people have been stabbed in England and Wales since last Monday.
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      Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last night said: “Knife crime is destroying lives and devastating families.
      “This is yet another horrific killing on Britain’s streets. It is becoming a national crisis and we need urgent action before more lives are lost.”
      Tyson Fury posted that his cousin had been ‘murdered’ on InstagramCredit: tysonfury/Instagram More

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      Woman accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape appeals dismissal of £54million case

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      A WOMAN who claimed she was raped by footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is appealing a decision to dismiss the case.Model Kathryn Mayorga is fighting to keep her £54million claim against the Man United star alive.
      Model Kathryn Mayorga is fighting to keep her £54million claim against Cristiano Ronaldo aliveCredit: AP:Associated Press
      She alleges she was raped by him in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009Credit: Rex
      She alleges she was raped by Ronaldo, 37, in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009 and accepted £275,000 in a hush-hush agreement at the time.
      Ms Mayorga’s legal team reignited the case when they claimed she signed the agreement under duress.
      Her case was dismissed in June when a judge slammed her lawyer for relying on leaked documents she passed to cops from the Football Leaks site.
      But former teacher Ms Mayorga, 36, has appealed the dismissal decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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      The case is set to be first heard by a mediator on Tuesday in a one-hour phone hearing.
      Meanwhile, Las Vegas police are petitioning the courts for their investigative files to be handed over to the Press.
      Ronaldo has always denied any wrongdoing and maintains his relations with Ms Mayorga were consensual. A criminal probe was opened but in 2019 a District Attorney announced he would not face prosecution.
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      Scots footballer Paul Tansey leaves club after domestic abuse conviction outrage

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      CONVICTED footballer Paul Tansey has left his club – hours after Scottish Women’s Aid called for him to be removed.Tansey, 37, attacked Scotland international Lisa Robertson during a brutal 10-month long ordeal.
      Paul Tansey is no longer with Whitehill Welfare FCCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      His signing last month sparked outrageCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      The convicted brute is now no longer with the Midlothian side Whitehill Welfare FC – after news of his signing last month sparked outrage.
      In a statement posted to Twitter at 10 o’clock last night, the club said: “Whitehill Welfare FC can confirm that Paul Tansey has left the club. We will be making no further comment on this matter.”
      The move came mere hours after Scottish Women’s Aid called for the convicted domestic abuser to be removed from the team.
      In a statement yesterday, the charity said: “Scottish Women’s Aid and Women’s Aid East and Midlothian have today issued a call for Whitehill Welfare FC to listen to the community and remove convicted domestic abuse Paul Tansey from their team.”
      Women’s Aid Chief Exec Dr Marsha Scott yesterday likened Tansey’s hiring to Raith Rovers signing rapist David Goodwillie earlier this year – sparking a national backlash.
      Welcoming the news, Scottish Women’s Aid shared the club’s statement saying: “We are glad to see this after action from the local community and calls from ourselves, @WomensAidEML and others.
      “Disappointed by the lack of acknowledgement for the harmful message they sent to survivors by signing an abuser, but nevertheless this is a positive outcome.”
      The thug was axed from his contract with junior side Penicuik Athletic as news of his violent offences came to light.
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      Tansey, from Dalkeith, Midlothian, pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to assaulting Lisa, 30, after he turned up at her home in a jealous rage and smashed her door.
      The offences, which included monitoring her phone, pestering her, insulting her and threatening suicide when she dumped him, happened between July 2020 and May 2021.
      Tansey – the brother of ex-Celtic player Leigh Griffiths – was arrested last May after he turned up at Lisa’s home in Edinburgh despite the her making it crystal clear the relationship was over.
      After headbutting her Tansey fled – leaving Lisa with a black eye – but then subjected her to hundreds of unanswered calls the following day.
      The violent lout also admitted launching a cup of hot tea at Ms Robertson and to damaging her front door amid another fiery confrontation.
      He was given a five year non-harassment order and 80 hours unpaid work.
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